in commercial games Developers don't always have that much freedom, and key elements of the gameplay may ultimately be a deal breaker dictated by current market trends.
With indie development where the stakes are not so high, you do get the freedom to make the games the way you want them, but not always the luxury of time and financial and technical resources with which to make them work.
I think that in the next 5 years the potential for independently developed games to really do well. Particularly if more next gen consoles prove willing to let us onto their mainstream platforms. Would be really nice if Nintendo who are more open to ideas internaly, would let some rookies with the skills get their games out there at reasonable cost.
Microsoft have opened the doors to something new, and I really hope that everyone else follows suite.
With indie development where the stakes are not so high, you do get the freedom to make the games the way you want them, but not always the luxury of time and financial and technical resources with which to make them work.
I think that in the next 5 years the potential for independently developed games to really do well. Particularly if more next gen consoles prove willing to let us onto their mainstream platforms. Would be really nice if Nintendo who are more open to ideas internaly, would let some rookies with the skills get their games out there at reasonable cost.
Microsoft have opened the doors to something new, and I really hope that everyone else follows suite.